OSCR Scottish charity profile

Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust

ActiveCharity number SC041392
Registered13 April 2010
Main locationArgyll And Bute
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC041392
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
5
Postcode
PA23 7DD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We advance heritage by preserving the historical, architectural and constructional heritage of Dunoon Burgh Hall. We promote Dunoon Burgh Hall as a community and cultural resource to advance arts and culture. We do this by implementing and maintaining a cultural programme which includes music, art, film, dance, literature and photography. We aim to develop citizenship & community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility and volunteering). We provide recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the aim of improving the lives of those within our community, and we aim to make these available to as many members of the public as possible.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The company's objects are: (a) to advance heritage through preserving for public benefit the historical, architectural and constructional heritage that may exist in and around Dunoon and Cowal in buildings /including any part of a building, and any other structure or erection) of particular beauty or of historical, architectural or constructional interest, and in particular the Dunoon Burgh Hall. (b) by generally advancing the Dunoon Burgh Hall as a community and cultural resource to advance the arts and culture and to advance citizenship and community development through maintaining a cultural programme there (which shall include Music, Art, Film, Dance, literature, Photography) for use by and in participation with the local community in Argyll & Bute Council Electoral Ward 7 Dunoon and Argyll & Bute Council Electoral Ward 6 Cowal, as defined by the local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, Fourth Ward Review 2007 and by members of the public in general. (c) The advancement of citizenship or community development /including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility and volunteering). (d) the advancement of education. (e)The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, and only in relation to recreational facilities or activities which are primarily intended, and only in relation to recreational facilities or activities which are primarily available to members of the public at large.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£296,229£394,078531 December 2025
31 March 2024£257,377£381,253515 November 2024
31 March 2023£405,498£410,51458 March 2024
31 March 2022£492,178£388,410530 December 2022
31 March 2021£451,336£349,427521 February 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust , 195 Argyll Street , Dunoon , Argyll
Website supplied to OSCR
www.dunoonburghhall.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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